April 25, 1967 - With Sgt. Pepper completed, The Beatles begin recording songs for their upcoming film and EP/Album, Magical Mystery Tour. They begin work on the title track on this particular day.
May 15, 1967 - Paul McCartney meets photographer Linda Eastman at the Bag O'Nails nightclub during a performance by singer Georgie Fame.
June 1, 1967 - The album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the UK. The album features the group's most complex music to date, two prime examples being "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" and " A Day In The Life". The first two songs are connected together to make a medley. The groups efforts at musical experimentation have reached a fever pitch. The album becomes their eighth #1 album in the UK. Note: It was a bit hard for me to decide which songs on the album to replace with George's songs, with there being so many masterpieces. I decided in the end to have "Only A Northern Song" replace "Getting Better" and "It's All Too Much" to lead into the reprise. Lastly, I know you all will be after me for keeping "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". John said himself in OTL that the song was inspired by a drawing his son Julian made and not drugs, so it stays.
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Parlophone 7207
All tracks written by Lennon-McCartney unless otherwise noted
SIDE 1
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
4. Only A Northern Song (Harrison)
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
SIDE 2
1. Within You Without You (Harrison)
2. When I'm Sixty-Four
3. Lovely Rita
4. It's All Too Much (Harrison)
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
6. A Day In The Life
June 2, 1967 - The album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the US as Capitol 6253. For the first time, Capitol does not mess around at all with the content of the album, releasing it in the same form as in the UK. The only difference is that the US release does not have the run out groove craziness at the end of Side 2. The album becomes the group's 10th #1 album in the US.
June 25, 1967 - The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" on the worldwide live television broadcast Our World.